i am beauty :: a conversation
Earlier this week, Kelly and I sat in my studio and had a long conversation about several topics that will become a few videos we will be sharing in this space and in Studio Sessions.
But getting started was...well...intense.
I have a new desktop computer with this HUGE monitor. We decided to use it for recording just to make it easy and quick, but this meant we were looking at ourselves in this huge screen. As you will hear in the video, usually I like this. Creating video blogs for my personal blog often feels like an extension of the mirror meditation meets sitting in the circle at one of my retreats. I feel at home sitting here thinking about you in your corner and sharing the thoughts in my mind and heart.
However, the experience of seeing more of my body sitting slouched on a couch was different. Hard. And Kelly was feeling the same way, especially because she has only made a handful of videos at this point.
We spent about 5 minutes trying to figure out where to begin, when I suddenly just said, "Let's just talk about this moment right now."
And we decided to share it with you here.
More info: We talk about my "pillow" iphone self-portraits, Kelly's iphone self-portraits, and my mirror self-portraits. You can find us both on Instagram here and here. We also talked about this amazing post about "Choosing to see beauty" on our friend Vivienne McMaster's blog.
This feels like very important stuff to be putting out into the world and we are so thankful you are joining in on the conversation.
Liz
Reader Comments (10)
THIS was just wonderful. you two might have felt uncomfortable or vulnerable but i felt like i was sitting across from you sharing tea and having a giggly but serious girl talk. thanks for always sharing those raw parts of yourselves that help us all say "me too".
when i took Viv's Wading In class, i realized that i was judging my own photos with a critical eye but accepting everyone's else's photos with love and appreciation even though none of our photographed selves were perfect. if we could only learn to see ourselves with the same acceptance we offer to others...
both of you: so stinkin' cute and fun and full of love and wisdom. i was imagining being there with you.
Oh I don't have the words to express how much I love this!
xoxo
Love this. SO. MUCH.
wow this was really liberating for me to hear you TALK about so many things that i only think. i have found so much joy in self portraits this year, like liz was saying, they capture a certain emotion or feeling that you can portray AND remember. to document a moment in time and relate it to fierceness, acceptance, etc. i admire you both being "in the frame" and being raw enough to share this with the rest of us.
it's funny because my husband doesn't understand the instagram phenomenon and certainly doesn't understand the "pillow" photos. so i'm not crazy, afterall?! hooray!
i am SO SO delighted to be connected with this community of "chicks" xoxo
i love you two ... such raw honesty and beauty, beauty, beauty!!!!
oxoxox
k
"uggs change everything!!"
Thank you both. This is a conversation that must keep going. xo
oh. my. gosh, how i love this video and this discussion and the two of you (of course!). thank you. thank you both for being real and authentic, for letting us see you at a moment of vulnerability in the middle of all the laughter and friendship. what a beautiful way to share yourselves.
ohhhhhhhhh....i adored this.
really and truly.
the two of you are as sweet as pie
{and I like pie.}
i am needing this right now...there is so much going in my life
that i feel like i don't have any time for me..
gray speckled hair and too tight pants,
whatever shoes i can find in the morning,
pajama pants far toooo many days.
i just need to pull it together.
:)
Thanks for sharing!
oh phenomenal women. how wonderful is this? makes me miss your true, authentic selves. i feel so blessed to have spent "real" time with you and even more blessed to have felt like i was sitting with you, sipping tea x keep doing what you are doing x shifts are happening, i can feel it x